How to be a Genius at Peg Solitaire

Talk given at Alma College, Alma, Michigan

12/7/99


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Table of Contents

How to be a Genius at Peg Solitaire

Intelligence Test

Coordinates

One-hole, one-peg problems

Complement Problems

Equivalent starts: Holes at b4, f2, g5, h4, d2, c5.

Orbits under D3

Parity Count

Necessary Condition on x-y problems.

An impossible problem

Exit Theorem

Corner Pegs

Why the e3-complement is impossible

One hole-one peg problems

The Vee Problem

Vee Backwards

Anti-Problems and Anti-Solutions

Example of an Anti-Solution

How to be a genius

Anti-Problem of e3-e5 is e5-e3

How to do most of the x-y problems

How to do most of the x-y problems-part ii

Finishing with a flourish

Resource Counts

Resource Counts-part ii

SAX Count

Another impossible problem

Author: Sidney Graham

Email: Sidney.W.Graham@cmich.edu